San Marcos, Santa Bárbara Explained

Official Name:San Marcos
Pushpin Map:Honduras
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Honduras
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Honduras
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Santa Bárbara
Subdivision Type2:Villages
Subdivision Name2:20
Area Total Km2:220
Population As Of:2020 projection
Population Footnotes:[1]
Settlement Type:Municipality
Population Total:16258
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:6178
Blank1 Name:Climate
Blank1 Info:Aw
Timezone:Central America
Utc Offset:-6
Coordinates:15.3°N -113°W

San Marcos is a town, with a population of 5,660 (2013 census),[2] and a municipality in the Honduran department of Santa Bárbara. Since 2006 it has been known as the "La Capital de los Juegos Tradicionales de Honduras" (The Capital of Traditional Honduran Games")

Demographics

At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, San Marcos municipality had a population of 15,229. Of these, 88.36% were Mestizo, 10.97% White, 0.41% Black or Afro-Honduran, 0.23% Indigenous and 0.02% others.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/honduras/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  2. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/honduras/santabarbara/ Citypopulation de.
  3. https://www.ine.gob.hn/V3/baseine/ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), bases de datos en línea